CVE-2005-4463

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

WordPress before 1.5.2 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to (1) wp-includes/vars.php, (2) wp-content/plugins/hello.php, (3) wp-admin/upgrade-functions.php, (4) wp-admin/edit-form.php, (5) wp-settings.php, and (6) wp-admin/edit-form-comment.php, which leaks the path in an error message related to undefined functions or failed includes. NOTE: the wp-admin/menu-header.php vector is already covered by CVE-2005-2110. NOTE: the vars.php, edit-form.php, wp-settings.php, and edit-form-comment.php vectors were also reported to affect WordPress 2.0.1.

WordPress before 1.5.2 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to (1) wp-includes/vars.php, (2) wp-content/plugins/hello.php, (3) wp-admin/upgrade-functions.php, (4) wp-admin/edit-form.php, (5) wp-settings.php, and (6) wp-admin/edit-form-comment.php, which leaks the path in an error message related to undefined functions or failed includes. NOTE: the wp-admin/menu-header.php vector is already covered by CVE-2005-2110. NOTE: the vars.php, edit-form.php, wp-settings.php, and edit-form-comment.php vectors were also reported to affect WordPress 2.0.1.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

Type

WordPress

First reported 19 years ago

2005-12-21 22:03:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-19 15:41:00

Affected Software

WordPress 1.0

1.0

WordPress 1.0.1

1.0.1

WordPress 1.0.2

1.0.2

WordPress 1.2

1.2

WordPress 1.5

1.5

WordPress 1.5.1

1.5.1

WordPress 1.5.1.2

1.5.1.2

WordPress 1.5.1.3

1.5.1.3

WordPress 2.0.1

2.0.1

References

http://echo.or.id/adv/adv24-theday-2005.txt

Exploit, Vendor Advisory

http://NeoSecurityTeam.net/advisories/Advisory-17.txt

286

20051221 [ECHO_ADV_24$2005] Full path disclosure on WordPress < 1.5.2

20051220 [ECHO_ADV_24$2005] Full path disclosure on WordPress < 1.5.2

20060227 WordPress 2.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities

Stay updated

ExploitPedia is constantly evolving. Sign up to receive a notification when we release additional functionality.

Get in touch

If you'd like to report a bug or have any suggestions for improvements then please do get in touch with us using this form. We will get back to you as soon as we can.